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Second set: Djokovic 5-7, 1-0 Berrettini* (*denotes next server)
During Djokovic run of 25 straight wins at major tournaments coming into tonight, he’s dropped the opening set a total of eight times, including in his last two matches. He’ll need to stage yet another comeback if he hopes to keep his bid for history alive. A promising enough start in this second set as he holds at love.
First set: Djokovic 5-7 Berrettini
Berrettini outlasts Djokovic in a 17-shot baseline exchange, then follows it with a 117mph ace and a forehand winner for 40-love and three set points. Djokovic saves the first, then the second … then the third when Berrettini botches a forehand! Deuce! Berrettini then crunches a 133mph ace down the middle for a fourth set point and this time he converts when Djokovic sends a forehand long and wide. First set to Berrettini after 77 grueling minutes. In the words of the immortal Bette Davis: fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.